Posted on 05/30/2008 2:00:59 PM PDT by Utah Girl
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Lawyers for Child Protective Services have made a proposed agreement to return hundreds of children taken from the Fundamental LDS Church's YFZ Ranch.
The agreement is being discussed by lawyers for mothers, children and child welfare authorities in a hearing underway that is in response to a Texas Supreme Court ruling that the children should be returned to their parents.
A copy of the order, obtained by the Deseret News, seeks to have children returned to their parents beginning Monday. The proposed agreement also requires parents to complete parenting classes and cooperate with an ongoing investigation into allegations of abuse and negect on the YFZ Ranch.
"CPS has access to the residence of the subject child for unannounced home visits during the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.," the agreement says.
Parents must provide the address of the residence and the names of everyone living in the home.
The proposed agreement also seeks to prevent the families from leaving the state of Texas. It applies to approximately 139 children belonging to 41 mothers, but Judge Barbara Walther said in court she expects it will be expanded.
"The court thinks this ruling would be the same for each and every child," she said.
Ouch!
AND stop the welfare checks and foodstamps for this group as well. Talk about enabling!
I’m not sure they ever got the normal welfare type stuff through the State here in Texas. Now there maybe other stuff they are getting through fed contracts etc they have which I think helps fund the FLDS overall.
This hasn’t ended with the court ordered return of the children. CPS is still involved and will be for a while it looks like. The major change is that they no longer have custody of the children. But they will be visiting, following up on progress, looking at their lifestyles, etc. And my guess is the judge since she got her robe singed will also have an interested in the situation. Apparently she is going to make some specifications regarding arrangements when she vacates her order.
Wonder how many of those kids don’t really want to go back to the cult.
I would imagine that EVERYBODY at CPS, even the janitor that sweeps the floor at night, is totally frozen right now and scared shirtless to make a decision. About anything.
I doubt it, they are entirely too arrogant.
The YFZ culters are probably on the phone now, frantic, trying to find one of the parents of some of those kids that Jeffs took from other families. If not, they'll just forge more birth certificates and take 'em home.
Apparently so is Texas District Judge Barbara Walther.
Texas judge refuses to sign order in polygamy custody case
Snag in deal to return Texas sect kids to parents (FR thread)
(different story same info)
SAN ANGELO, Texas - A plan to begin reuniting parents with more than 400 children removed from a polygamist group's ranch has been thrown into doubt because a judge and the families are clashing over proposed restrictions. Texas District Judge Barbara Walther has refused to sign an order restoring custody to the parents until they agree to more restrictions than state child-welfare officials have proposed. Walther was directed by an appeals court to reverse her ruling last month putting all children from the Yearning For Zion Ranch into foster case. The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the appeals court's decision Thursday and rejected the state's argument that all the children were in immediate danger from what it said was a cycle of sexual abuse of teenage girls at the ranch
NBC news on the west coast is reporting the deal fell through, and now the court jousting will continue on Monday.
SOMEBODY is gonna get taken to the woodshed over this crap!
Bout time the Supreme Court of the state of Texas sent the Rangers over to visit this judge and put her under arrest for contempt of court.
This as absurd. Whatever remained of a prosecutable case is now being destroyed by the actions of this judge.
Damn I wonder how much this is going to cost us...
I wonder if she’s a transfer from the 9th Circuit Court? /s
Actually I would think it would be the appeals court that would send them. It's their order she is defying.
I wonder how long it's been since a writ of mandamus has actually had to be issued to a sitting judge in Texas? (Generally the lower court will comply with the order of the higher court, negating the need for the writ to issue).
Walther was taken to the wood shed by the Texas Supreme Court and now she pulls this kind of stunt? Oh my. The parents and children have not been convicted of anything. Sorry, I’m ranting to the choir here. Unbelievable.
So what was the reaction of the parents and children when Judge Barbara Walther refused to sign the order to get the children back to their parents?
Yup... that’s cuz they’s got one a them ‘Psickeeology or Soak-you-ology” Bachelors deegrees.... that makes them the Gurus of all knowledge to do with life, families and whatever ails you.
/sarcasm is on.. folks...
(sorry couldn’t resist).
Bump what you said... I think the woman is in denial.
No doubt majoring in abuse “by the state”.
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